Rana Sanaullah's bail LHC says political victimisation in country an open secret Released from Lahore jail.

Lahore -- In its detail judgment in Rana Sanaullah's bail plea, Lahore High Court (LHC) noted that political victimisation in the country was an open secret and the same aspect cannot be ignored in the case.

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader was granted bail on December 24 in a drugs case filed by the Anti-Narcotics Force for allegedly possessing a huge amount of drugs in his vehicle.

LHC in its nine-page bail granting judgment said, 'Learned counsel of [petitioner] also argued that case was registered for the reasons that petitioner was a vocal member of [the] opposition party and was criticising the policies of the incumbent government and on that account, he was put behind the bars.'

'However, in the context of [the] petitioner being a vocal political leader of [the] opposition party, this aspect of the case could not be ignored as political victimisation in our country is an open secret.'

In July this year, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) had detained the PML-N Punjab president for allegedly possessing a huge amount of drugs in his vehicle, a claim which Sanaullah had denied.

Meanwhile, Rana Sanaullah was released from Camp jail on Thursday after the Lahore High Court (LHC) issued its detailed verdict on the bail granted to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader in a 15 Kg drug peddling case.

Good number of PML(N) workers thronged outside Camp jail of the city and chanted slogans against government and in...